231206: An important pair of George II silver Start Price GBP 26,250.00 Current Price GBP 41,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 7 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location London, England, United Kingdom See more about '231206: An important pair of George II silver' Description Current Lot An important pair of George II silver candlesticks Paul de Lamerie, London 1737-38 the square bases with inturned corners, cast leaf detail and chased shells to the corners, the dome with applied and cast shells in cartouches on a matted ground, rising to a tapering square baluster stem with shell detail to the shoulders, scale pattern to the sides, foliate clasped socket, the base engraved at the flat with a rose crest (2) 19.5cm high, 22oz each Heraldry: The crest of the rose is probably for Sir Theodore Janssen (1658-1748), a Dutch merchant who settled in England circa 1680 and was a founder director of the Bank of England. He was created a baronet 1714, a very successful financier with a reputed wealth of 300,000. He was implicated in the South Sea Bubble scandal and was heavily fined by the House of Commons committee in 1721 Provenance: Sotheby's London, 6th November 1997, lot 163 The other two of a set of four were sold by Christie's New York, 19th October 2004, lot 1062 Note: A set of four salts also by de Lamerie and engraved with the same crest are in the Farrer Collection at the Ashmolean Museum (Illus. Susan Hare, Paul de Lamerie, no. 78, p.122) Place a Bid!